Category: Education

Several writers, sociologists and educators are speaking out about the problems being experienced in modern schools. Violence seems to be increasing, students are leaving school ill-prepared to enter the workforce and test scores continue to fall. In attempting to fix our schools, several of these individuals have suggested that the solution is not to try…

Introduction Traditionally, education was viewed as a need that was optional and could be substituted to meet other life’s important basics. Today, provision of education has become a government’s social responsibility in a majority of the countries. However, the challenge remains on the provision of inclusive education and schooling, and how best to tailor the…

Education is of great importance and is currently given more value than it was about a hundred years ago. Every parent in this day and age believes that the best lifelong asset that he or she can give to their child is education. Unlike in the old days, education is currently taking place in modernized…

Table of Contents Six Key Assumptions Provided by Knowles Analysis of the Assumptions with Regard to Other Critical Evaluations Knowles’s Two Assumptions That Almost Wrong Knowles’ Two Assumptions That are Almost Right Conclusion Reference List Six Key Assumptions Provided by Knowles Knowles’s work is narrowed to the analysis of theories of adult learning. His concept…

Table of Contents Abstract Definition to private education History of private education in America Policies for education change Advantages of private education Disadvantages of private education Conclusion References Abstract Though education is considered a public good by policy maker, its consumption can be privatized just like most public goods depending on the setting and consumption…

Written by David Berliner and Bruce Biddle, ‘Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America’s Public Schools’ is a very sensitive work set to unravel the answers behind Washington’s anxiety to scapegoat educators. It is aimed at highlighting the reason following the general poor performance of America’s schools and in particular the public ones,…

Table of Contents Introduction Research Methodology Selected Samples Impact of the Study Findings in Light of Other Studies A Deeper Look Conclusion Introduction There are a number of research methodologies that can be used for carrying out an investigation. The type of methodology chosen for use depends on the nature of the topic or question…

Academic and business writing is the same course that gives students great opportunities to master different writing styles and apply their knowledge of writing to different settings. To become effective at generating original ideas, students need to analyze how writers generate, critique, and publish ideas. By becoming more aware of the working habits and attitudes…

Teaching and learning are inherently complex entities. Entering a classroom one discovers that a wide variety of students with different backgrounds, special needs, different home experiences, diverse strengths and weaknesses, and changing moods and dispositions occupy those bizarre school desks. Teachers operating with recognition of complexity appreciate the complicated task of understanding these diverse students…

There is a conviction that the more information is collected, the better results are going to be obtained. Still, it is not really so, as in most cases extra information leads to the frustration. The research can omit really useful and necessary information at the expense of the unnecessary one (Case, 2007). Zeiger (2000) offers…